Archive for February, 2007

Infants form memories early in life, but also forget

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

компютриInfants form memories early in life, but also forget Updated 2/17/2007 4:03 PM ET By Randolph E. Schmid, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO” Adults thinking back rarely can remember anything before preshool, but those bright infant eyes staring back at mommy and daddy really are forming memories. It’s just that babies also forget. In fact, babies’ rate of forgetting is even faster than that of adults, Patricia J. Bauer of Duke University said Friday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

How does this increased understanding of early memory affect the way we work with clients in terms of SomatoEmotional Release?

Human Heartbeats and Breathing can Synchronize

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Human Heartbeats and Breathing can Synchronize

“Kantelhardt and his colleagues found that breathing and heartbeats synchronized more than twice as much during light and deep sleep than when people were awake. On the other hand, breathing and heartbeat synchronization during REM sleep was suppressed by roughly a factor of three compared to wakefulness. This suggests the high brain activity during REM sleep generates “noise” in the nervous system that upsets breathing and heartbeat synchronization, the scientists explained.”

This synchronization is someting that meditators and practicioners of Energy Integration, CranioSacral Therapy, Yoga and Qi Gong have experienced.

Thought seems to disrupt this synchronization giving insight why meditation seeks to quiet the mind (thought).